Imperial Valley News Center
Attention Food Entrepreneurs
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- Written by Danielle Nierenberg
Washington, DC - The fall semester is in full swing and many students are enrolled in courses focused on food and agriculture. They realize that the food system is at a crossroads. Nearly a billion people suffer from hunger while at least 2.1 billion people are overweight or obese; 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted each year; and women and youth farmers and food workers are often discriminated against.
New Frontiers of Cognitive Networking
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- Written by Ramin Skibba
San Diego, California - Most of us use many devices - perhaps too many - throughout the day: A smartphone at home and then at the cafe around the corner, a laptop computer at work and maybe a tablet or e-reader in the evening. That's not counting all of the other possible "smart" devices at our fingertips, such as health monitors, fitness trackers and smart watches.
New Simulation Illuminates Origin of the Brightest Galaxies
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- Written by Susan Brown
San Diego, California - A simulation that traced the evolution of enormous, bright galaxies over the course of several billion years has illuminated the possible origins of some of the most extreme objects in the universe.
Down Syndrome Research Untangles Therapeutic Possibilities for Alzheimer’s
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- Written by Jackie Carr
San Diego, California - More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Of them, 400,000 also have Down syndrome. Both groups have similar looking brains with higher levels of the protein beta amyloid. In fact, patients with Down syndrome develop the abnormal protein at twice the rate. Results of a pilot study, published in the September issue of Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, confirms the pathogenic role of beta amyloid in dementia as seen in both AD and Down syndrome.
Three out of five California community clinics fail to provide easy access to oral health care
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- Written by Venetia Lai
Los Angeles, California - Low-income adults and children who are able to see a dentist at the same location as their primary care doctor are more likely to get dental care, yet almost three out of five community health clinics in California either don’t offer oral health services or, if they do, the nearest facility is sometimes too far to reach for many patients, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
UCLA Anderson Forecast: Nation and region remain healthy
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- Written by Elise Anderson
Los Angeles, California - UCLA Anderson Forecast’s third quarterly report in 2015 for the United States considers whether or not the economy can withstand an increase in the prime lending rate. It concludes that the answer is yes.
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